by Black Dog Bone
How did you get into hip hop, rap, singing, whatever?
Um, basically the emotion and everything that I experienced growing up and the culture that I have. There’s different ways to speak to people and I started off with poetry but what better way to make it emotional than music.
So you started out with poetry but then you knew that if you add music it’s more powerful?
It started out with Dr. Seuss. And my great grandmother she used to go to sleep listening to a lot of jazz music. Her name is Marie Cornelius and is related to Don Cornelius from Soul Train.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in East Oakland on the borders of San Leandro and Oakland. In a reserved area but in an area where I could come and meet different people and learn new things from every culture.
So you connected with a lot of people and did songs with a lot of people. Tell me the names.
Well I would have to let you guys know them when the music comes out because I want to make sure things are secure. I don’t really like to name drop but I do say is stay tuned and there will be a lot more coming. I am working very hard to make this craft. I am building the Queendom. I am making sure I speak for all women. I’m bucking for men as well. I want everybody, children, elders, everybody to have a voice.
What music did you grow up with?
I grew up with a lot of Christian music, with a lot of spiritual music, a lot of movies that played music, commercial music, I grew up with all different types of music and what I connect to are hits, things that I believe is like really really really talent. It can’t be nothing that is just like rushed or you know trying to be a mockery cuz this is really an art and people actually care about their craft.
Who do you really like? Who inspires you?
I like Queen Latifah, 2Pac, I like Kevin Gates, I like people who have a message and people who you can actually feel their emotion in their music. People who are real. I like real people.
So how old are you?
I’m 23.
So where you were growing up was there a lot of rap going on around you or what?
Yes. You know in African American culture, a lot of our individuals are incarcerated so you know how incarcerated music is, you know how Christian rap is, you know how blasting music out that old school is, you know how hearing that motorcycle drive down the street is, it’s everywhere. It’s like air. Music is everywhere. It’s the heartbeat.
How do you get your music out there?
Right now I am in artist development. I don’t want to make any mistakes, I don’t want to let my people down. I’m not trying to be a people pleaser but I am going to make sure that whatever I release people will enjoy it 100%. And I’m not gonna release anything until I love it.
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